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Mrs. Hooten - 4th Grade History
History Study Guide for Test 16
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History
4th Grade
05/21/2013

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President ________ was shot and killed while traveling in a motorcade through downtown Dallas.
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Kennedy
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In the case ______________________________, the Supreme Court ruledthat schools should no longer be segregated.
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Brown v. Board of Education
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The Cold War was a conflict between ________________ and Soviet Union.
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United States
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The first man to walk on the moon
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Neil Armstrong
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The storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005
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Hurricane Katrina
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The only President to ever resign from office
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Richard Nixon
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The dictator whose armies invaded Kuwait in 1990
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Saddam Hussein
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The first woman justice of the Supreme Court
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Sandra Day O'Conner
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In 1983, President Reagan sent American troops to liberate...
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Grenada
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The first black Supreme Court Justice
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Thurgood Marshall
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To help builders of the  Panama Canal ________________ destroyed insects.
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William Gorgas
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The man who convinced the United States government to purchase Alaska
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William H. Seward
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The United States purchased Alaska from...
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Russia
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The man who discovered Hawaii
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James Cook
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Nazism was defeated

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World War II
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George W. Bush was President

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Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Berlin was divided

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World War II
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It lasted 2 1/2 months

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Operation Desert Storm
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Kaiser Wilhelm II was leader of Germany

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World War I
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It was the first war after World War II

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Korean War
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Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

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Opereration Desert Storm
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It ended on November 11, 1918

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World War I
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Two atomic bonbs were dropped

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World War II
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Saddam Hussein was removed from power

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Operation Iraqi Freedom
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President Johnson committed the U.S. to heavy involvement

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Vietnam War
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Winston Churchill was Prime Minister

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World War II
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Woodrow Wilson was President

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World War I
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Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill

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Spanish-American War
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South Dakota

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Pierre
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North Carolina

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Raleigh
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Maryland

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Annapolis
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Utah

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Salt Lake City
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Arizona

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Phoenix
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Michigan

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New York

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Louisiana

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Montana

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Georgia

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Tennessee

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Arkansas

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Oklahoma

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Maine

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Nebraska

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Indiana

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Texas

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Colorado

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South Carolina

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Arizona

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Name the holiday that we celebrate on November 11 and explain the significance of this date.
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Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11. It was the day that World War I ended, and now on this date, we remember all Americans who served in the Armed Forces.
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Explain the Reagan Doctrine.
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The Reagan Doctrine is the belief that Communism should be stopped before it can attack and enslave a country.
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Tell why President George W. Bush declared a "war on terror" after September 11, 2001.
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On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States by hijacking airplanes and crashing them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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